Folding ironing table



' Aug.- 6, 1929.

A. E. T0.DD 1,723,532

FOLDVING RONING TABLE Filed May 31, 1928 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT IE. TODD, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

FOLDING IRONING TABLE.

Application filed. May 31,

My invention relates to improvements in folding ironing tables and the object of my invention is to provide a folding ironing table of strong and simple construction which is very easily set up and taken down and which is very compact when folded.

Another object is to provide a folding ironing table in which the supporting structure includes a diagonal brace member slotted longitudinally near both ends, the upper end of said brace member being slidable on a rod which. extends lengthwise oi the table underneath the same and the lower end of the brace member being slidable on an element which is rigid with the rear leg member of the table.

Other and more specific objects will be apparent from the followin g description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ironing table constructed in accordance with my invention as the same may appear when set up, a position through which the supporting structure may pass in the operation of tolding the same being shown by dot and dash lines.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the table as it may appear in a folded position.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the table showing the same fully folded.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the table and supporting structure and showing a guide rod that is secured to the bottom of the table.

Fig. 5 is a detached plan view of a diagonal brace member showing the slots in the same.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the slotted sliding connection of the lower end of the angular brace member with a cross bar of the rear leg member of the table.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numerals designate like parts, 7 is an ironing table of conventional shape and 8 are two blocks secured to the bottom side of said table near the rear end in spaced parallel relation. A cross piece 9 may be secured to the rear of theblocks 8 and another cross piece 10 may be secured to the bottom of the table approximately midway between its two ends, the cross pieces 9 and 10 both tend to prevent warping of the table and the cross piece 10 :hn'ther serves as an are 1928. Serial No. 281,750.

chor and brace member for the supporting structure hereinafter described.

A bolt or rod 11 extends crosswise through the blocks 8 and serves as a pivot upon which a shorter rear leg member 12 and a longer for- "ardly extending leg member 13 are secured. The rear leg member 12 embodies two spaced upright supports which are divergent from top to bottom and are connected by lower and upper cross bars 14 and 15 and are b need by cross braces 25. The upper ends of the supports of the rear leg member 12 are wide enough apart to fit on the outer sides of the blocks 8.

The forwardly extending inclined leg member 13 comprises two pieces, spaced at the rear end to fit against the respective inner sides of the blocks 8 and convergent at their forward ends as more clearly shown in Fig. 3.

The novel element in this supporting structure resides in the provision of what I hereinafter term an inclined brace member 16 which extends from the cross bar let on the rear leg 12 to the cross bar 10 on the bottom of the table 7 said inclined brace member 16 passing bctwee the two side pieces of the forwardly extending leg 13 and being connected with said leg 12-5 by pivot 17. The lower end of the inclined brace member 16 has a longitudinal slot 18 that is slidable on a stud member 19 which is rigid with the cross bar 14.

The stud. 19 has a head which prevents it from becoming disengaged from said slot. The upper end of the inclined brace member 16 has a slot 20 which is slidable on a rod 21 that is secured beneath the table. The front end of the rod. 21 is made fast to the cross piece 10 and the rear end of said rod is bent around the pivot bolt 11, as more clearly shown in Fig. 4, so that said rod supported in spaced relation from the under side of the table thereby affording clearance space for the upper end of the inclined brace member 16.

When the table is set up the supporting leg parts will occupy the positions shown by full lines in Fig. 1. In this position the upper end of the inclined brace member 16, between the block 10 and the pivot 17 will support the weight of the forward end of the table and this weight will be borne by the leg member 13 in the form of a downward pressure on the pivot 17. When the supporting structure is to be folded the forward end of the table is tilted upwardly permitting the upper end of the inclined brace member 16 to slide rearwardly on the rod 21 until it passes the position shown by dot and dash lines in Fig. 1 whereupon said brace member 16 and the leg members 11 and 12 may be folded upwardly against the table as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. When the supporting structure is thus folded the end of the inclined brace 16 which previously rested against the cross bar 10 is positioned at the rear end of the table near the pivot pin 11 and the other end extends toward the front end of the board. The slot 20 in the inclined brace member 16 is long enough to accommodate the rod 21 when the table is folded as shown in Fig. 4.

To open or set up the table the rear leg 12 is grasped and swung downwardly thus automatically moving the inclined brace member 16 and the leg 13 into the operative set up position.

The supporting structure for the table is simple in construction efficient in operation, and not expensive to manufacture.

The foregoing description and accompanying drawings clearly disclose a preferred emunderstood that this disclosure is merely illustrative and that such changes in the invention may be made as are fairly within the scope and spirit of the following claim.

\Vhat I claim is A folding ironing table embodying a table member, a rear leg member and a forwardly extending leg pivoted to said table member near the rear end, a guide rod secured to the bottom of the table in spaced relation therefrom and extending from the rear end of the table forwardly, an inclined brace member arranged to extend from the lower portion of said rear leg upwardly and forwardly to a point approximately mid-way between the two ends of said table, said brace member being slotted adjacent both ends, the upper slotted end being slidable on said guide rod and the lower slotted end being slidably connected with said rear leg member and a pivot ALBERT E. TODD. 

